Obama announced members of the Presidential Council of Advisor's on Science and Technology (PCAST)
It is an august group.
Physical scientists you might know:
Christopher Chyba - Princeton - astrobiology and arms control
S. James Gates - Maryland - particle theorist
Shirley Ann Jackson - RPI - oh yes!
William Press - Texas - astrophysics and computing
Ahmed Zewail - Caltech - femtosecond laser
Plus a bunch of industry, chem, bio, enviro etc types.
Including someone from Microsoft and someone from Google/Apple... Hmm.
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NASA is due to name the 10 panel members of the Augustine panel on human spaceflight and NASA goals, possibly today.
The Orlando Sentinel thinks it knows who most of the members are.
Members of the Augustine Commission on Human Space Flight Plans announced.
h/t NASAwatch
and the winners are...
Man, I gotta start answering my phone. Barak, send me email next time, guy.